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Samādhitikavaṇṇanā[Description of the Triads of Concentration]

Tikesu paṭhamattike paṭiladdhamatto hīno,6. In the first of the triads what has only just been acquired is inferior.

nātisubhāvito majjhimo,What is not very well developed is medium.

subhāvito vasippatto paṇītotiWhat is well developed and has reached mastery is superior.

evaṃ hÄ«namajjhimapaṇītavasena tividho.So it is of three kinds as inferior, medium, and superior.

Dutiyattike7. In the second triad

paṭhamajjhānasamādhi saddhiṃ upacārasamādhinā savitakkasavicāro.that with applied thought and sustained thought is the concentration of the first jhāna together with access concentration.

PaƱcakanaye dutiyajjhānasamādhi avitakkavicāramatto.That without applied thought, with sustained thought only, is the concentration of the second jhāna in the fivefold reckoning.

Yo hi vitakkamatteyeva ādīnavaṃ disvā vicāre adisvāFor when a man sees danger only in applied thought and not in sustained thought,

kevalaṃ vitakkappahānamattaṃ ākaį¹…khamāno paį¹­hamajjhānaṃ atikkamati,he aspires only to abandon applied thought when he passes beyond the first jhāna,

so avitakkavicāramattaṃ samādhiṃ paṭilabhati.and so he obtains concentration without applied thought and with sustained thought only.

Taṃ sandhāyetaṃ vuttaṃ.This is said with reference to him.

Catukkanaye pana dutiyādīsuConcentration without applied thought and sustained thought is the unification in the three jhānas beginning with the second in the fourfold reckoning

paƱcakanaye tatiyādīsu tīsu jhānesu ekaggatā avitakkāvicāro samādhītiand with the third in the fivefold reckoning (see D III 219).

evaṃ savitakkasavicārādivasena tividho.So it is of three kinds as with applied thought and sustained thought, and so on.

Tatiyattike8. In the third triad

catukkanaye ādito dvīsuconcentration accompanied by happiness is the unification in the two first jhānas in the fourfold reckoning

paƱcakanaye ca tīsu jhānesu ekaggatā pītisahagato samādhi.and in the three first jhānas in the fivefold reckoning.

Tesveva tatiye ca catutthe ca jhāne ekaggatā sukhasahagato samādhi.Concentration accompanied by bliss is the unification in those same jhānas and in the third and the fourth respectively in the two reckonings.

Avasāne upekkhāsahagato.That accompanied by equanimity is that in the remaining jhāna.

Upacārasamādhi pana pītisukhasahagato vā hoti upekkhāsahagato vātiAccess concentration may be accompanied by bliss and happiness or accompanied by equanimity.

evaṃ pītisahagatādivasena tividho.So it is of three kinds as accompanied by happiness, and so on.

Catutthattike upacārabhūmiyaṃ ekaggatā paritto samādhi.9. In the fourth triad limited concentration is unification on the plane of access.

Rūpāvacarārūpāvacarakusale ekaggatā mahaggato samādhi.Exalted concentration is unification in profitable [consciousness, etc.,] of the fine-material sphere and immaterial sphere.

Ariyamaggasampayuttā ekaggatā appamāṇo samādhÄ«tiMeasureless concentration is unification associated with the noble paths.

evaṃ parittamahaggatappamāṇavasena tividho.So it is of three kinds as limited, exalted, and measureless.
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